1. Project overview

Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) was founded in 1915 by automotive pioneer Henry Ford. HFHS has grown into one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. In 2012, HFHS announced plans for a $500,000,000 expansion of their Detroit hospital campus, a new Community Health Park. They estimate the expansion will result in an additional $500,000,000 of private investment within the Community Health Park.

The announcement of the Community Health Park came with a second announcement regarding the first project within the planned development area. HFHS had chosen KIRCO as the developer of over 80 parcels of blighted former residential, commercial, and industrial land at the southern end of the proposed Health Park. The 19.51-acre site is located in Detroit, Michigan, and is bound by Marquette Street (north), Commonwealth Avenue (east), railroad tracks (south), and Rosa Parks Boulevard (west). This site was selected for the construction of a 275,000 square foot, state of the art, medical supply warehouse. The tenant of the building would be Cardinal Health, currently ranked 22 on the Fortune 500. The goal of this project was to kick-off the Community Health Park redevelopment, and make a significant impact in the neighborhood by removing blight and bringing new jobs and taxes to the community.

The building was completed and Cardinal Health began occupying the building on May 15, 2015.

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Environmental Impact Award-Winners

2014

Scituate Solar I WINNER

Thanks to Brightfields Development LLC, a New England area solar developer, Scituate, MA, became the first town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that is 100 per cent powered by renewable energy. In September 2013, Brightfields commissioned a 3.0 MW solar farm at the town's closed municipal landfill. "We didn't set out to be first, we set out to do what…

2013

Riverwalk WINNER

The overall goal of the project was to transform a former industrial complex and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) facility into a new mixed use, residential, commercial, and industrial complex.

Denver Central Platte WINNER

A variety of funding techniques and sources were used in financing the acquisition, remediation and redevelopment of the property including the voter approved Better Denver Bond issue,

2010

Stafford Park WINNER

Stafford Park is unique in virtually every aspect of its approvals, remediation efforts, and redevelopment. The approval process was challenging as the project is located in the Pinelands Region of New Jersey.